2008年9月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

India to sell nuclear deal to world, soothe critics (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 04:21 AM CDT

Indian and U.S. national flags flutter in New Delhi in this February 28, 2006 file photo. India will take its civilian nuclear deal with the United States to the world looking to secure fuel supplies and reactor technology, analysts said, while seeking to soothe critics with a strong non-proliferation pitch. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - India will take its civilian nuclear deal with the United States to the world looking to secure fuel supplies and reactor technology, analysts said, while seeking to soothe critics with a strong non-proliferation pitch.


Industry bodies see 1.2 trln investment in nuclear power (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 04:10 AM CDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gestures to photographers upon his arrival at the Indian parliament in New Delhi in this July 22, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's industry bodies expect 18-20 new nuclear power plants to be set up in next 15 years costing 1.2 trillion rupees after a ban on nuclear trade with India was lifted by the Nuclear Supplier's Group.


Govt hopeful on reforms - Kamal Nath (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 04:10 AM CDT

India's Trade Minister Kamal Nath speaks during a news conference in New Delhi in this July 16, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The government hopes its coalition allies will support much of its planned economic reform legislation, Trade Minister Kamal Nath said in an interview with a German newspaper published on Monday.


Serena bounces away with U.S. Open crown (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:53 AM CDT

Serena Williams of the U.S. holds up the trophy after her victory over Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the women's final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, September 7, 2008.  REUTERS/Eduardo MunozReuters - The drama queen came face-to-face with the comeback queen at Flushing Meadows on Sunday. Jelena Jankovic provided the on-court theatrics and Serena Williams bounced away with the U.S. Open trophy.


Australia to keep India uranium sale ban - report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 09:43 PM CDT

Australia's Trade Minister Simon Crean looks on during a news conference of the Cairns Group at the Australian Mission in Geneva in this July 20, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/FilesReuters - Australia will not reverse its ban on the sale of uranium to India and other countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Trade Minister Simon Crean was reported as saying on Monday.


Farmers suspend protest over India's Nano car plant (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 10:02 PM CDT

India's West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi (2nd R) addresses a news conference as state's Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya (R), Chief of India's Trinamool Congress party Mamata Banerjee (L) and Partha Chatterjee, leader of Trinamool Congress watch in Kolkata September 7, 2008. REUTERS/Parth SanyalReuters - Farmers in West Bengal who have blocked construction work at a Tata Motors car plant said they were suspending their protest after the government promised to return some land, officials said on Sunday.


Massa given Spa win after Hamilton penalty (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 12:20 PM CDT

McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (front) of Britain leads ahead of Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps race track  September 7, 2008. REUTERS/Thierry RogeReuters - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was stripped of victory in a thrilling Belgian Grand Prix after stewards decided he had gained an advantage by cutting a chicane during a last-gasp duel with Kimi Raikkonen.


Madonna dedicates "Like a Virgin" to pope in Rome (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 09:47 AM CDT

U.S. singer Madonna performs during her 'Sticky & Sweet' tour in Berlin in this August 28, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Tobias SchwarzReuters - Pop star Madonna, once accused by the Vatican of staging one of the most satanic shows in history, surprised fans by dedicating her hit "Like a Virgin" to the pope at a sold-out concert held in Rome.


Potential U.S. first ladies draw fashion buzz (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 09:15 AM CDT

Cindy McCain (L), wife of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate John McCain (R-AZ), waves to delegates next to daughter Bridget at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 2, 2008. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - Cindy McCain or Michelle Obama for the White House?


Force India owner Mallya gives Chandhok hope (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 05:34 AM CDT

Force India owner Vijay Mallya speaks during a news conference in New Delhi in this May 7, 2007 file photo.     REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's Karun Chandhok could have a testing role with Force India next year but the country will have to wait for its next Formula One driver, according to team owner Vijay Mallya.


Zardari takes Pakistan's helm in mid-storm (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 07:17 AM CDT

Pakistani President elect Asif Ali Zardari stands with his daughters Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari (L) and Asifa Bhutto Zardari (R) as he speaks with parliamentarians and supporters of his ruling political party PPP at a celebration reception dinner in Islamabad September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Pakistan Peoples Party/HandoutReuters - With Pakistan's economy tanking and a Taliban insurgency raging, new president Asif Ali Zardari must choose if the time is right to risk more instability by entering a confrontation with old rival Nawaz Sharif.


Sri Lanka army hits rebels, but victory won't end war (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 06:49 AM CDT

Government soldiers fire their artillery on Palampeddi village in north western Mannar in this July 4, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Sri Lanka's advance into Tamil rebels' heartland has unleashed the bloodiest combat in a decade and opened a new phase of the 25-year-old conflict, but conventional military success won't mean an end to war.


Author Theroux revisits world aboard 'Ghost Train' (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 10:18 AM CDT

Reuters - After a life spent on the road and on the rails, U.S. novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux decided to take the world's temperature once again.

India says nuclear suppliers' approval "momentous" (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 05:21 AM CDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gestures to photographers upon his arrival at parliament in New Delhi July 22, 2008. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India hailed as "momentous" a global atomic cartel's decision on Saturday to lift a 34-year-old ban on nuclear trade with New Delhi, a crucial step to sealing a controversial U.S.-India civilian nuclear accord.


Hamilton wins Belgian Grand Prix thriller (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 09:34 AM CDT

McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (front) of Britain leads ahead of Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps race track  September 7, 2008. REUTERS/Thierry RogeReuters - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won a Belgian Grand Prix thriller on Sunday after fighting wheel to wheel with luckless world champion Kimi Raikkonen in an all-or-nothing duel over the closing laps.


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